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When I run Electrum 1.7 on my Windows x64 bit machine it loads a DOS screen that looks like a debug window or something. What's this window for and do you know what these errors are?


Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\PROGRA~2\Electrum\gui\gui_lite.py", line 969, in update
    self.update_completions()
  File "C:\PROGRA~2\Electrum\gui\gui_lite.py", line 1006, in update_completions
    completions = completions + self.wallet.aliases.keys()
AttributeError: Wallet instance has no attribute 'aliases'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\PROGRA~2\Electrum\gui\gui_lite.py", line 969, in update
    self.update_completions()
  File "C:\PROGRA~2\Electrum\gui\gui_lite.py", line 1006, in update_completions
    completions = completions + self.wallet.aliases.keys()
AttributeError: Wallet instance has no attribute 'aliases'

thanks for the report. I fixed that bug in git.
I will make a 1.7.1 release this week-end, that fixes the bugs reported during this week.

Makes me a little weary to use the client if the bugs are right in front of me. This is a BETA, right?

Yeah, having debug mode ON in a final release sure doesn't look good. Can we expect this version to be reliable with real money use?

The core of Electrum is very stable. The bug reported by the OP is a minor GUI issue, that only affects address completions.

Small GUI bugs like this are to be expected in any major release, because there are so many different ways to use a GUI, developers cannot test all of them.
In contrast, there is only a small set of functions in the core of the software. A bug there would be noticed immediately.

Debug mode is not enabled; the fact that a console windows opens does not mean the application runs in debug mode. This is purely to provide you, the end user, with the option to use the command line flags.